A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light sources spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate; a phosphor layer disposed on the resin layer and having a pattern layer including a concave portion and a convex portion formed on a surface facing the resin layer; and a diffusion layer disposed between the resin layer and the phosphor layer, wherein a thickness of the diffusion layer may be 10% or more and less than 50% of the maximum thickness of the phosphor layer.
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1. A lighting device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of light sources spaced apart from each other on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate and configured to seal the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion layer disposed on a surface of the resin layer; and a phosphor layer disposed on the surface of the resin layer, wherein the diffusion layer includes a plurality of first concave portions having a first depth from an upper surface of the diffusion layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of first concave portions has a different width in a first direction, and wherein an area of the upper surface of the diffusion layer is larger than an area of a bottom surface of the first concave portions.
2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the first depth of at least one of the first concave portions is deeper from a first side to a second side of the at least one of the first concave portions.
3. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the diffusion layer is disposed between an upper surface of the resin layer and the phosphor layer.
4. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein the first depth of each of the first concave portions is a same depth.
5. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein a maximum thickness of the diffusion layer is less than 50% of a maximum thickness of the phosphor layer.
6. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein a thickness of the diffusion layer on at least one of the first concave portions is less than 30% of a thickness of the resin layer.
7. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a maximum depth on at least one of the first concave portions is 10% or more and less than 50% of a maximum thickness of the phosphor layer, and wherein a thickness of the diffusion layer on at least one of the first concave portions is less than 30% of a thickness of the resin layer.
8. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first concave portions has a shape corresponding to a symbol or a character having a line width, and wherein at least one of the first concave portions has a different depth from the upper surface of the diffusion layer.
9. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a phosphor concentration of a first region of the phosphor layer disposed on the plurality of concave portions is greater than a phosphor concentration of a second region of the phosphor layer disposed between the concave portions.
10. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the plurality of concave portions includes a plurality of first concave portions from the upper surface of the diffusion layer and a plurality of second concave portions from the upper surface of the resin layer.
11. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of first concave portions is overlapped with at least one of the second concave portions in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
12. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of first concave portions is overlapped with a region between adjacent second concave portions in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
13. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the diffusion layer has a plurality of patterns with the first concave portions formed in a row direction, and a plurality of patterns with the first concave portions formed in a column direction.
14. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the diffusion layer is disposed on the upper surface of the resin layer, and wherein the diffusion layer is spaced apart from edges of the upper surface of the resin layer.
15. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the diffusion layer is disposed between side surfaces of the phosphor layer.
16. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the resin layer is disposed in a region between adjacent light sources.
17. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the resin layer has a lower region disposed between adjacent light sources, wherein at least one of the plurality of concave portions of the diffusion layer overlaps the lower region of the resin layer in a vertical direction, and wherein the vertical direction is a direction from a lower surface of the substrate toward an upper surface of the resin layer.
18. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the phosphor layer includes a red phosphor.
19. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the phosphor layer has regions in which a concentration of the red phosphor is different.
20. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the phosphor layer includes a red phosphor and a red ink.
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